David is a cultural entrepreneur that works as a manager at TAF, where his focus is on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Integration and Entrepreneurial Education. He’s also a graduate student in the University of Washington’s Human Centered Design and Engineering Master’s Program.

In 2014, he formed Hack the CD - a collective of self determined social innovators focused on the creation of sustainable, equitable growth through entrepreneurship in the Central District of Seattle. Currently, they’re focused on answering the question, “How might we create fertile ground for the African American community in Seattle to grow with the city’s current tech boom?”

Theoretical Foundations of HCDE

This course introduced me to major theoretical perspectives from the field of Human Computer Interaction. By reading and writing about this material, I had to the opportunity to explore the complexities of interaction, communication, and technology as they are considered in influential theoretical frameworks. This exploration included how interaction has been differently defined and why these differences matter to people who study and produce work.

Theory Framing Presentation

This project gave our team the opportunity to explore connections between a prominent theories in Human Computer Interaction and a use case related to a web-based technology. We chose Slack, an application that allows teams to work collaboratively. View our project presentation at https://sway.com/x3koYul9U6-of3fx.